Afroman leaves gig in handcuffs after punching female fan in the face

US musician Afroman – he of 'Because I Got High' fame – has been arrested after punching a female fan in the face who was dancing onstage during a performance in Mississippi.

A video of the incident, which occurred in Biloxi yesterday, shows the woman dancing a metre or two from the rapper, who is playing a mellow solo on guitar.

The woman shimmies over a little closer to Afroman, but does not appear to touch him or impede the performance in anyway; nonetheless, in a sudden fit of rage the musician turns and lets fly with a massive right-handed haymaker.

The punch hits the woman square in the jaw and she drops like a stone.

The crowd, understandably appalled, starts to jeer, but Afroman, who actually delivered the blow in between musical phrases, turns back around and makes to play again, almost as if nothing happened.

Incredibly, the woman gets to her feet and seems more shaken than injured – she regards her attacker with a look of confusion and hurt for a moment, and then leaves the stage.